Glass mosaic dish fragment
Rim fragment.
Translucent cobalt blue and opaque white.
Outsplayed rim with rounded edge; concave curving neck; side tapering downward.
Marbled mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a blue ground with numerous white rods; the other in a blue ground with a white spiral.
Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, pitting, and faint weathering on exterior, outer edge of rim, and jagged edges.
Translucent cobalt blue and opaque white.
Outsplayed rim with rounded edge; concave curving neck; side tapering downward.
Marbled mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a blue ground with numerous white rods; the other in a blue ground with a white spiral.
Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, pitting, and faint weathering on exterior, outer edge of rim, and jagged edges.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic dish fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Other: 15/16 x 1 5/8 in. (2.4 x 4.1 cm); estimated diam. of rim 7 1/16 in. (18 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1834
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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